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Octafish

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11. Thank you, cascadiance! Outstanding Op-Ed, that.

Reply to cascadiance (Reply #9)

Mon Jul 8, 2013, 02:52 PM

Jul 2013

I’m not convinced that Roberts is packing the court with patsies for the national surveillance state. But it is anomalous that all 11 members of this important court are appointed by the chief justice, albeit from a pool of judges nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate for ordinary federal trial courts.

The FISA court has morphed into an arm of those people it's supposed to watch: the BFEE.

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Meet The Chief Justice Of America’s Secret Supreme Court [View all] xchrom Jul 2013 OP

Walton sentenced Scooter Libby to 30 months in jail immediate,received threatening letters(from wiki graham4anything Jul 2013 #1

Walton was also earlier "randomly assigned" to Sibel Edmonds cases... cascadiance Jul 2013 #2

+1 xchrom Jul 2013 #3

+2 n/t magellan Jul 2013 #5

Justice is its own reward. Octafish Jul 2013 #7

bump and 12 of the 14 member of FISA Court are Republican appointments... cascadiance Jul 2013 #4

That's okay. We only don't trust Repubs when they operate out in the open. magellan Jul 2013 #6

They are qualified and have the necessary gravitas. Octafish Jul 2013 #8

Another reason to impeach John Roberts for packing the court... cascadiance Jul 2013 #9

Thank you, cascadiance! Outstanding Op-Ed, that. Octafish Jul 2013 #11

blame nader is the new talking point frylock Jul 2013 #10